Ty Horn has been selected to play in the West Coast League All-Star Game on Wednesday, July 19 at Joe Martin Stadium in Bellingham, Wash. Horn has helped the Corvallis Knights to a WCL South Division-leading 23-5 record this summer and is one of seven Knights to earn all-star recognition.…
Lincoln – The Nebraska men’s basketball team will spend Christmas week in Hawaii, as ESPN Events announced the field for the 2024 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Tuesday afternoon. The eight-team event features the Huskers, along with Charlotte, College of Charleston, Hawai'i, Loyola Chicago, Murray State, Oakland and Oregon State. The 15th…
Gov. Jim Pillen has announced that Tom Riley, director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be leaving his position with the state and transitioning back to the private sector. Riley’s last day with the agency will be Aug. 2. He was appointed director of DNR in November…
UNK pre-medical student Brodie Mitchell chats with a health care professional at Sidney Regional Medical Center while participating in the Rural Immersion Program. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications) SIDNEY – Brodie Mitchell and Alexys Hurt sat at a table inside a cozy coffee shop just off Interstate 80, sipping…
Danielle Wray of Ord, Nebraska took home the win in the breakaway roping at the Black Hills Roundup in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. "Everything went right," said Wray. She posted a time of 2.4 seconds in the final performance to seal the win and propel herself into the top ten…
Walmart pilots advancing technology to gain timely information about produce production. By partnering with the Israeli company Agritask, Walmart will be using drones to collect information such as immediate risk alerts, real-time harvest assessments, and yield updates according to a company press release on June 20, 2024. The information…
In a new audit conducted at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),State Auditor Mike Foley has exposed rampant abuses within the agency’s Child Care NFOCUS AidPayments program. Primarily, that wrongdoing involved DHHS credulously paying millions of dollarsof improper billings submitted by child care providers. While participating in…
Broken Bow Seniors over DCB Seniors 8-7 Hi-Line Seniors over Cambridge Arapahoe Seniors 8-5 Overton Seniors over Shelton 15-5 Norton over Loomis 11-7 Imperial Juniors over Cozad Reds 11-10 Cozad Reds over Imperial Juniors 8-2
The University of Nebraska Athletic Department and 1890 Nebraska announced a partnership today, making 1890 Nebraska the official Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Collective of Nebraska Athletics and streamlining the process to make it easier for fans to support Husker Athletics among several options. “Nebraska has always been an innovator…
The Seward County Sheriff's Office says they have made the third seizure in the last year, of a significant amount marijuana destined for Elkhorn, NE. The latest interdiction occurred on Wednesday July 3, 2024 as a deputy initiated a traffic stop around noon on Interstate 80 near mile marker 376.…